Gunmetal impairing

Photo by CJ Sommerfeld of horsetails near Jericho Beach (Musqueum Nation village Ee’yullmough)

By CJ Sommerfeld, Staff Writer

harvesting fish and berries

a culture buried

the scorpion’s heart: Antares

its carmine

                   no longer bleeds

the land has mutinied

an open         rebellion

abandoning human need

           contrasted civilian

lands gripped: don’t share these

extraordinary

are their fees      dared to seize

they’re in

                 for a penny

a spotless space scrutiny

            an alien dwelling

smothering      fruitfully

hoary   sooty   gunmetal

                                          impairing